THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF GREAT BURSTEAD

Registered charity 1132012 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST. MARY MAGDALENE'S PCC, GREAT BURSTEAD.

Church of England parish church, serving the population of Great Burstead and Ramsden Crays.

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Latest income
£99k
Latest spending
£81k
Registered
2009
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity holds total net assets of £755,695, comprising unrestricted, designated, restricted, and endowment funds. However, the General Unrestricted Fund shows a deficit of £688, indicating that current unrestricted resources are insufficient to cover unrestricted liabilities or needs without reliance on designated or restricted funds. The accounts were prepared on a receipts and payments basis rather than an accruals basis.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Governance: Late filing admitted
It has been a matter of concern that the accounts for 2023 and 2024 were not finalised in time for independent examination and submission within the prescribed timescales.
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£99k£81k
31/12/2024£131k£150k
31/12/2023£95k£95k
31/12/2022£136k£128k
31/12/2021£108k£112k

Common questions

Is THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF GREAT BURSTEAD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity holds total net assets of £755,695, comprising unrestricted, designated, restricted, and endowment funds. However, the General Unrestricted Fund shows a deficit of £688, indicating that current unrestricted resources are insufficient to cover unrestricted liabilities or needs without reliance on designated or restricted funds. The accounts were prepared on a receipts and payments basis rather than an accruals basis. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.